About ASHA ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 211,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel; and students. On November 17, 2020, ASHA officially announced the recipients of the 2020 Distinguished Early Career Professional (ECP) Certificate. This award was created to recognize and identify ECPs i